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authorEduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu>2021-04-17 23:22:48 -0600
committerEduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu>2021-04-17 23:22:48 -0600
commitec66afcc51369f994cf04960fc4828cb007176bd (patch)
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downloadalpine-ec66afcc51369f994cf04960fc4828cb007176bd.tar.xz
* Add new variable ssl-ciphers to list the ciphers that will be used when
negotiating a secure connection with a SSL server. Work in collaboration with professor Martin Trusler.
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@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ new additions to Alpine, please check it periodically.
<P>
New features include:
<UL>
+<LI> New configuration variable <!--#echo var="VAR_ssl-ciphers"--> that allows
+users to list the ciphers that want to use when connecting to a SSL server.
+Based on a collaboration with Professor Martin Trusler.
<LI> New hidden feature <a href="h_config_delete_before_writing"><!--#echo var="FEAT_enable-delete-before-writing"--></a>
to add support for terminals that need lines to be deleted before being written. Based
on a collaboration with Professor Martin Trusler.
@@ -22811,6 +22814,34 @@ User Certs File = /home/fred/.alpine-certs/certs.pem
<P>
&lt;End of help on this topic&gt;
</BODY></HTML>
+====== h_config_ssl_ciphers ======
+<HTML>
+<HEAD>
+<TITLE>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_ssl-ciphers"--></TITLE>
+</HEAD>
+<BODY>
+<H1>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_ssl-ciphers"--></H1>
+
+(UNIX ALPINE ONLY)
+This is a colon separated list of ciphers that your openssl or libressl
+library supports and will use to negotiate a secure connection with a
+remote SSL server.
+
+<P>
+The list of ciphers supported by openssl can be obtained with the command
+line command
+
+<P>
+openssl ciphers
+
+<P>
+Consult the manual page of the openssl ciphers command to see more
+way to specify groups of ciphers, such as RSA, or other groups of
+ciphers.
+
+<P>
+&lt;End of help on this topic&gt;
+</BODY></HTML>
====== h_config_set_att_ansi ======
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>OPTION: Set printer to attached ansi printer</TITLE>